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July 29, 2015 By Tiinatuuli 1 Comment

HEALTHY GREEN SMOOTHIE GUIDE

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Healthy green smoothie guide 1

My little girl loves pink smoothies. She’s disgusted by smoothies of any other color and won’t taste them even if I give her a cute paper straw and sprinkle pink coconut flakes on top. This all changed one day when I came up with a fun way of presenting healthy greens: from the lightest possible green to a strong forest green. Now I want to share my little healthy green smoothie guide with you.

Presenting green smoothies like this is pretty clever if I may say so ๐Ÿ™‚ The light green smoothie is practically yellow when compared to the greenest one. I let my little girl decide which one she wanted to taste. Perhaps not a surprise: she happily grabbed the smallest – least green – jar.

Healthy green smoothie guide 2

If you’re not a big fan of super green smoothies either, the yellow-green smoothie is a great way to begin drinking greens. With only a hint of greens, it could also be described as a cooling tropical smoothie. The brighter and stronger green smoothies taste very green, but in a good way: fresh and summery.

All of these smoothies share the same base of:

  • frozen fruit: for flavor, creaminess and nutrients
  • zingy lime: for amazing flavor
  • avocado: for good fats
  • baby spinach: for nutrients. Baby spinach is one of the easiest greens to add into a green smoothie due to its mild green taste.

When you work your way up to greener smoothies, you just add more leafy greens like kale and baby spinach, and then fresh herbs to balance the flavor.

I hope this healthy green smoothie guide will be helpful to anyone looking to incorporate more greens into their diet. Trust me – It is possible to learn to love green smoothies โ™ฅ

Healthy green smoothie guide 3

This healthy green smoothie guide is also featured on feedfeed, on the Healthy Kids Recipes feed.

HEALTHY GREEN SMOOTHIE GUIDE
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Total time
10 mins
 
Ingredients
  • The base in all smoothies:
  • 1 frozen banana
  • ⅓ cup frozen mango or pineapple (can be substituted with any fruit: apple, pear, melon, orange)
  • ½ small avocado
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • ⅓ cup water

  • Green smoothie 1, light-green/yellow smoothie:
  • Base
  • ¼ cup baby spinach leaves

  • Green smoothie 2:
  • Base
  • ¼ cup baby spinach leaves
  • ¼ cup kale leaves

  • Green smoothie 3:
  • Base
  • ⅓ cup baby spinach leaves
  • ⅓ cup kale leaves
  • ¼ cup fresh herbs (e.g.basil, mint). NOTE: fresh herbs like mint would work well in all the smoothies!

  • Green smoothie 4, the Super Green smoothie:
  • Base
  • ⅓ cup baby spinach leaves
  • ½ cup kale leaves
  • ¼ cup fresh herbs
  • ½ green apple
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice or ⅛ whole piece of a medium organic lemon
  • 1 tsp spirulina or chlorella powder (optional)
  • 2 tsp or more chia seed or other protein powder of choice (optional)
Instructions
  1. Blend all ingredients.
  2. Enjoy!
Notes
If you are already used to green smoothies, you might want to substitute some of the fruits with vegetables! I recommend either frozen cauliflower or frozen zucchini as they have the mildest flavor. If you already love green smoothies, you might want to try adding some broccoli and/or celery, too ๐Ÿ™‚
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  1. Blossom says

    December 23, 2015 at 5:19 am

    Kale and spinach and my favourite and have no flavour but are super nutritious !! Love this post xx

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